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FHE DAILY FREE PRE .' 1 PUBLISHED EMERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY; !';' Vol. inNo. 79. KINSTON, N. 0., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1900. Price Two Cents f GENERAL NEWS. Hatters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. Col. Chas. O'B. Cowarden. o! the Rich mood Dispatch, died Thursday of typhoid lever. , . The pumps on the Oregon control the water in ber bold. She goes to the Juire (japan) dryaock. The United States has notified the gov" ernments of Europe that she ' will do ber part in rescuing foreigners in China. j osepn uutier was snot ana Killed on Thursday at Rustburg, Va., by a trap- gun that he had himself set in his store. In the postofflce at Elizabeth town.Tenn. Thursday, John H. Tipton; a prominent young lawyer, fired three shots from a revolver into the back of George Swift, a young man whom he suspected of being too friendly with Mrs. Tipton, a young ana Deauurm woman, swift s wounds are not fatal. ' Edward W. Keeler shot and instantly killed James Gunnison, his son-in-law. Wednesday evening at Fischer's Ferry, a Saratoga, N.Y, hamlet. Gunnisdn's wife left him several weeks ago and went to ? the home of her father. Gunnison went . to Kessler's and threatened to take the : lattor's life. -Kessler , then emptied the contents of a double-barreled shotgun in to Gunnison's body. ' ; At Rockville.-Md., Thursday, James A. Gray, a farmer, was probably fatally shot by his nephew, Edward Stradley, a young man of Potomac. Daring the Erogress of a picnic and dance at Gray's ome a difficulty arose between Bradley and several others. It is claimed that Bradley became disorderly and was eject ed f rom the house by Gray and the lat ter's son. As they reached the front yard Bradley, it is alleged, drew his revolver and fired four or five times. Two shots took effect, one in Gray's stomach and the other in his band. -It is thought the wounds will prove fatal. - - TIDE TURNS TO BRYAN. - Indiana Is Sure to Go Democratic , and Illinois .' Leaning Strongly : That Way. Washington, July G.Col.'McLean. o: Indiana, deputy commissioner of pensions under Cleveland and a prominent business man and politician of Indiana, passed tnrougn nere .Tuesday on bis way to Mew York. In 1890 Col. McLean voted for McKinley, on the money Question. Now he is for Bryan. The administration's foreign policy caused the change. y "What of the conditions in the middle west?" he was asked. "A year ago." he replied, "no one could Lave defeated McKinley, but there has been a rapid change in sentiment; in fact it is a revolution. , You can surely count on Indiana lor uryan. and from what heard in Chicago last week, I believe that . Illinois will vote for Bryan. They are talking of 40,000 majority in Chicago for uryan, ana ne gets it be will carry the state" .-, Col. McLean explained that it was the German and other foreign votes that was against our alliance with England as against the Boers, and our reaching out into the far east, that was causing the cnange. loose evils the people consid ' ered paramount to the money question -now ana tney wouia overshadow it. LOST! . .- ' Many g olden' opportunity hav been lost by those . fir t ii.. i - vl i uv iuuci Hum iiwunwoin. vy tAK in j Kneumeciue now they will be permanently and positively cured. BASEBALL. - Friday. Cincinnati 0, Brooklyn 1. . Chicago 0, Boston 4. " 8t. Louis 6, Philadelphia 10. - STaNDINQ OP TRK drBB. Won. Lost. PerCt .678 .574 .529 .458 .458 .457 .411 .3C0 Brooklyn .......40 Philadelphia. ...35 Fitteburg.... 33 Chicago 5 1 Cincinnati -...........27 Boston - 27 Ft. Loui.........-.......23 New York ..........21 19 2G -- 29 - 29 32 33 33 3G - State League Games. V. Frjdat. Raleigh 4, Wilmington 1. Tarboro 6, Charlotte 9. PTAMttXO OK PTATK LEAGUE. Won. I.oiC PerCL Tarboro : 5.3 C2." Dnrham 5 3 M2 Chirlotte 4 4 .500 i:-.:t f:h...'. 4 4 .500 '.-sville 2 3 .400 Wilmington 2' 5 . .253 PI.-; 1 iv tyy- ; the srtl"Ty of adve To leef.'er-tiveit r;:-t 1-e prep l ' ' i en J 1r . l-.l with ?- i r.c;u :. :i. 1 1 r: -.: -1 ! 6"r r'rt' 1 It t;re : - - r. : . :f'''Teri. At: .'.'ry is in ' lot '. a h I v w!.'- 'i n ' -r i - i : ' ; t ) ! t; er r; r t TRICK OF A WOMAN SHARPER She Found m Le HaadkercMeC and Quickly Tnraed It lata Caaa, , "I lost a S3 lace handkerchief today, but 1 learned one of the tricks of the light fingered-people 1n Chicago," re marked a North Side woman as she came back from a shopping excursion. Wna it. worth $3?' asked her hus band.. 1 - . , :: "Hardly, i but it's ' Interesting. v bought a lace handkerchief, and as walked to the car I stopped to buy newspaper. 1 had ' my purse in my haad and a number of things, of course, and isjald the parcel containing the handkerchief and the check for it down on the corner of a fruit .stand near by. After I got to the car I thougSt of my package. I hurried back, and the package wasn't there. "'Where U tb little package I left here? I asked the Italian vender. "'Zatta Mr paper - 'Yes.' " 'Other lady took It. "I wanted that handkerchief OSpC' elally to give to a friend for a birthday present. I went to the store again and picked out auotlier handkerchief. " .'I am sjwry the tirst one didn't suit you.' the clerk paid. v "'Why. I lost It!" I replied in aston " 'You don't say soT tald the clerk. V,ht about tea minutes ago a nice looking woman came lu here with that handkerchief, and we took It back and refunded the money. She said that you were her niece aud that you were out shopping together. You decided the handkerchief was not Just what you wanted, and she came back to re turn it. We gave her a ticket for the S3, and she cashed It. "Chicago Inter Ocean. k QUEER EFFECTS OF WHIMS. Wen T7ho Could Drcaa Well on Hon ey Watcd For Clxara "It's n-cm-ioua thing bow some- peo Die .-will sacrifice themselves to their whims," said a man who prides him self opon his study of human nature. VI don't mean wealthy people, for they can usually afford to do as they like. I am speaking now of people in moder at? or; less- than moderate circuit stances. I have In mind a young man whose tnstes? run to expensive neck wear. He wouldn't think of wearing a tie that costs less than 52, and he has stacks of them Now, he can't af ford this luxury; so he has to stint him self by wearing $3 shoes and $15 ready made suits. lie doesn't realise the In congruity of hla attire and Is perfectly happy If bis tie Is all right. V . "Another chap I know doesn't pay the slightest attention to his personal appearance and Is usually rather fray ed looking. That's because he spends his money on expensive cigarettes. He smokes only the hlghjest priced Import ed Egyptian brand, and they cost him 4 cents apiece. He Is a fiend and Kinokes probably 40 n day. You could not hire him to smoke a domestic cig arette which costs half a cent, yet if he did he could afford to dress himself as he should. I could cite numerous in stances of this tendency to one extrav agance which have come under iny per sonal observation. can only explain It as a lack of mental balance." Phil adelphia Record. ' He Was Admitted. Fortunately when red tape comes In contact with common sense It la red tape which goes to the wa.lL A good story Is told of a military official who devised a system which compelled ev ery one who Went on business to Gen eral Banks to procure a ticket from a member of the staff, the presentation of which at the door gained his admis sion. One day a burly colonel came to the door of the private ofSce at head Quarters and requested that his name be given to the general. "Have you a ticket?" be was asked " "A ticket." echoed the coloneL wltli scorn. "No. sir. haven't." , "You can't enter here wliaout one." was the reply. "Sir" ald the colonrl. "when Gen eral Banks becomes .a puppet Rhovr. and I have 25 cents to spare. I'll buy a ticket to ee him, not before." Uewn? admitted Bllxrd Grata aad Hoc. Under a good i.ianr.f;uturlr.g systea eacU t:iO'.ian.l luisijc-is or r.iin-i craia rl.rull rrtrrn 12.5-J ints:i.U of live w '.-'..t In l...--i It U tv'AVzz a II-t ul'i it.";-" tf ! cit la la a s.. r 1 ,T1 ! rr. t r. r : 1 : vn i -1 pr. f.r t r ) THE CRUEL CHINESE. They Butcher 5,000 Converts at Pekin, the Streets Cf Whloh Bun .i j . . ...... .With Blood. Foreign Troops ..Unable to Advance. Poison the Wells. ' Chinese London, July 6. A Shanghai special o! July 5th, says that-ravage soldiery butchered at Jfefcm 5,UlU natives, Ko man Catholic converts. Respectable Chinese who arrived from Chian Fu de. scribed Pekin as an inferno, the atreets uteraiiy running witn piooa. 'X bey con firm numerous stories of executions and of untold tortures inflicted on isolated foreigners and Jbiuropeaq soldiers cap tured by the mob. Tuaa Kang XI and Tung Fuh Sian have issued fresh edicts ordering the merciless extermination ,of the authority of Tung I a, the Chinese imperial treasurer, who e'itvocated mod eration. ' " Tien Tsin, June 9. Via Cbe Foo, July 1st, and Shanghai, July 5. -Those best informed in Tien Tsin consider the posi tions of the foreigners in Pekin as almost hopeless, -: -, :. . -.';.s i :-- It is hopeless to attempt to force the way with force available. Commanders are willing to resort to desperate means but to attempt a forced march from Tien Tsin with the forces at hand means cer tain destruction to the j army besides slaughter of the civilians: left at Tien Tsin. Enough soldiers are necessary to defeat the Chinese army, maintain com munication with the base of supplies and guard the hospitals en route. The water supply is an important problem. the country furnishing none except river weua wbicb are being; poisoned. The Chinese are comitting terrible atrocities upon the wounded. They are multilat iug all the dead which fall into their bands. Gen. Tung Fuh. Siang with 10,000 of the best disciplined troops in the Chinese army, Mohammedans, are marching from the southwest towards Pekin. ; The army thereabouts numbers 50,000. The Empress fled to tier sum mer palace. The Mohammedans and lioxers are ngbting in reicm. len recv mente of Gen. Nieh s command north of Tien Tsin are reported to have deserted and gone to pillaging the country. Res ident declare a Chinese commune has been inaugurated and that the peaceable Ubinese are tbe greatest sufferers. The foreign soldiers are burning th outskirts of Tien Tsin to deprive the enemy of shelter and the Boxers are de stroying the outlvinir villages for loot. Tbe smoke of a hundred fires can be seen in every direction. Tien Tsin was not bombarded todav for the first time in a fortnight. Fami. ues are returning to tiieir domes within the concessions. Women and children will be sent to Takn as soon as the travel is safe. No unfriendly Chinamen are vis ible in the street". A few of the richest with their families are huddled in the outhouses for protection badly fright ened. Others concealed in bouses shoot at the Europeans on the street. ' t he Chinese dead about Tien Tsin number thousands. Most of those who have been killed lie unburied in tbe fields. The river at Taku is full of floatingbodiesand many have been washed up by the tide. Dogs are feeding on, these bodies along tne oan.s. , j apan to Increase Her Force. Washington, July 6. An official dis patch received by the Japanese legation here this afternoon from Tokio announces that the Japanese government has de cided to send to China a mixed division of troops to reinforce the Japanese force already there. This will make nn aggre gate of 22,000 Japanese troops in China. A REGISTRAR ARRESTED. Election Law to be Taken Into The Federal Court. Winston Demo crats Greatly Stirred. They Will Stand by the Registrar. Winston-Salem. N. C. July 6. The Democrats here are greatly stirred over the arrest today of Registrar JohnT. Thompson, of the Second ward, Winston, by Deputy Marshal Griffin. I he warrant was drawn yesterday by ex-J ridge John Gary Dynum, of Greensboro. The charge against the mdstrar is refusing to regis ter negroeK. Theaffldavits and witnewes are ail tlact men. Apsietant District Attorn-y Blackburn signed a certificate ordering tbe deputy marshal to make the arrest. Mr. 1 homppon promptly rave a J1.O0O bond for his appearance bifore a United States commissioner next Tues- dav. The plan of the rpnbliran is to get ie ca4 ia the W-ral court. The Demo crats propose to ptand by tbe registrar. 1 be t'nt:r.--l tr.is afterooon pays eJito .i"v: "Aftrr this d;!v of pration on the rnrt rf t V. p'u ,.:nr to? may f rt - it down that 1 orjTa county is; ?o tl " ' mn's rolurr ,n n t! RENOUNCES REPUBLICANISM. Webster Davis Addresses the Con vention. Declares Himself a Democrat. . Kansas City, July 5. When the plank in the Democratic platform denouncing England's policy toward the Boers had been read and immensely applauded and it was announced by Chairman Richardson that the convention would be addressed by Hon. Webster Davis, forn.er assistant secretary of tbe inteiior, the crowd man nested its enthusiasm by cheering for two minutes. Then the former Repub lican leader ascended the platform and stood facing the thousands of specta tors. v Tbe speech of Mn Davis was arranged in order to enable him to announce bis allegiance to the Democratic party and the platform and to the ticket of the convention. , ; In dramatic style and with all the force and . magnetism of a line orator Mr, Duvia began his address. He denounced as a "malicious lie" the statement that he had been forced to leave bis office in the present national administration. He pictured in brilliant and flaming sentences the "cruelties and aggressions practiced by Great Britain upon the Boers of South Africa, lie expressed bis vntensn satis faction that the Democratic party had incorporated in the platform a plank so cordially and enthusiastically , endorsing tbe cause of tbe boers, which was the cauee of liberty and justice. As be felt he said, that this great republic should not chain itself to the chariot wheels of the empire that was crushing liberty to death in couth Africa, be believed it to be his duty to ally himself with the Dem ocratic party. Ilia account witb tbe Republican party be regarded as fully balanced. lie owed it no further obligations. These sen tl ments met witb much applause. . ' In conclusion. In announcing bis inten tion of supporting tbe Democratic party and its ticket, Mr. Davis said with .great emphasis: "I stand npon this platform and shall support William J. Brennings It was a curious and laugbableconfusion of syllables of Bryan's name but . the crowd knew what he meant and cheered him wildly, , As Mr. Davis concluded the band struck up "Mail to tbe Cbief" and wbiie . it was rendering tbe air. he held an impromptu reception upon the platform. Chairman Richardson was the first to grasp his band as be concluded, . then senator J K. Jones and others crowded around him until he bad great difficulty in retain ing his feet, lie left the platform as soon as be was able, but on the way to his seat be was given shouts of approval by those wbom be passed. . The Way Stevenson Was Nomi- t . . . .. nated. . Kansas City, July C Hill's friends made desperate efforts to nominate him for vice president, and be went to the platform and intones which left no doubt of his sincerity, earnestly besought the convention not to nominate bim. Nevertheless some of the devoted friends of Hill still maintained their allegiance to him and the- delegations oi rew Jersey and Louisiana seconded bis nomination The voting began after 8 o'clock The vote was followed with intense in teret, for when Alabama announced three for Stevenson and 19 for Hill, it looked as if a close and exciting contest was to occur, v but it was soon evident that Stevenson had a strong lead.' At the close of the call be bad H'tdX votes, which was not enough to nominate, the requisite two-thirds being 024. Hill re ceived 200, and Towne B). Before the announcement of the result a strong-lunged delegate from Tennessee stood on his chair and announced: "Ten- D0OOCO changes ber 2-4 votes from Hill to titevenson." That started the tide irresistibly to ward SteVenson. From every quarter of tbe hall came demands for recognition. Alabama changed to Stevenson; Califor niadid tbe same; North Carolina changed from Carr to Htevenson. Even New York finally reluctantly announced its change from Hill to Stevenson. , That ended it. Stevenson's nomina tion was assured, although . for some time longer the various states continued to record their changes from Towne and other candidates to Stevenson. In the end the nomination was made unani nious. Its announcement was greeted with enthusiastic applause, and Again state standards and banners wese borne about the building in tribute to the party nominee. ' Does it Pay to Buy Cheap ? A cheap remedy for coughs and coMs is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more eevere and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. cat paa.1 you do7 bo to a warmpr and more regular climate? Yen, if posiLIe; if not poet. Lie for you, thru ia Vufr cat tate tbe C51.T rer-eoy that has been introared in all civil. zf J coun tr.s with ps ia severe thmatani hr-trust l-VIlosA-hee'e Gerr..'ka .vn:p." Itr.ot cr.'r 1 f-.'ila nr.i stlr-.ulit-.-s the t..- STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. The Greensboro .Record says that a man arrived there the other day with his family of 22 children. Two wagons were required to haul inem away from the depot. . Charlotte News: Mr. Arthur McCarer, a watchman on the Air Line railroad, was killed on the track Sunday night. He was tying down with his head be tween the crossties. He raised up iust in time to be struck by the engine. He was killed instantly. Deceased was Sunday watchman.; lie leaves a family. Wilmington Star: Mr. Charles W. Worth, brother of Dr. George C. Worth, about whom, with his family, much anxiety wad felt at the outbreak of hostilities in Chin; yesterday received; a cablegram from U. B. Consul" Goodnew, ; at Shanghai, dated July '3d, saying in response to an inquiry concerning Dr. Worth, that he and his family are ''per fectly safe." Newton Enterprise: The wheat thresh era are on their rounds and tour informa tion is that wheat is turning out very satisfactorily. In'Conover the other day a Republican was having his wheat threshed. His next door neighbor was a Democrat, wbo had a few Bhocks of wheat only a few yards across the' line on the adjoining lot. He wished to :arry it to the thresher, os .be had been ac-' customed to do in former yearn. But the Republican said no man who' intend ed to vote for the constitutional amend ment could thresh on his land and the machine had to be moved. THREATS OF VIOLENCE IN THE WEST. - A Radioal Assaults a Registrar in Caldwell County. Lenoir, N. C, July S.John A.' Bush, a registrar in north Catawba township, was assaulted by Wm. J. Bean, a noted .; Republican, while In tbe discharge of bis . duties last Saturday. To avoid any diffi culty witb Bean, Mr. Bush moved bis po sition from the place he first opened bis books to a small store a quarter of a mile distant, and was followed by Bean and stime others. At the store Bean threw a scoop from a pair of scales at Bush, which hedpdged, ' the scoop breaking some articles on the shelf. He then drew a weight on Bush. and was about to strike him when Bush made a motion as if drawing a weapon, ' and Bean left bim. Not having nnytbing with which todefendhimseir.be left for home. Bush appealed to a Republican magis trate present for protection, and he re-' fused to preserve the peace and to issue a ' warrant, llusb acted witn great pru ¬ dence during the excitement. Bean was arrested by tbe sheriff yester day, under a warrant issued by Maj. J.G. Ballen. lie waived examination until Monday, and gave bond for his appear ance. " : f . '," It is reported here that J. W. McNeil, Republican candidate for the legislature in Wilkes, in a speech at Elkville recently, said: "Go to the registrar, and if he will not register you, go Lome and get a gang and then if be will not register you, beat him, and then if he refuses to register yon, lynch him." u tbis tbe order issued Irom Kepubn- can headquarters to have a fair election? Tbe above treatment at north Catawba indicates it. Another episode occurred yesterday un-r der orders said to be issued by R. Z. Lin ney. Mr. J. A. Crisp, who made affidavit to support the constitutional amend ment, was turned out of the postofflce as 1 assistant postmaster. This is generally regretted by the patrons of the office, for he was an obliging and efficient officer. NEW REGISTRATION. An Entire New Registration is Re quired. Books Open Thursday, June 28th, and Cloee July 21st. Beginning on Thursday, June 28th. the registration books were opened and every elector must register, as an entire new registration is necessary. The books open at v o clock a. m , on above date and close at sunset Saturday, July 21, 1900. '1 he books are to ne kept open each day (except Sunday) between the hours of nine o'clock a. m. and sunset. On Saturday, June SO, Saturday, July : 14. and Saturday, July 21, the registrar is required to attend at the polling places n his prociDct witb bis books for tbe reg istration of voters. The rpffistrar is required to attend at the polling plare in bis precinct on Satur day, Jii-'y 3, 1SKK), for the purpose ofx allowing aa inspection of hi books and entering any challenges that may be m..'e. Dot challenges may.be made on the cav of e.-xt on. n'ioncan l at rnVs the per b tx qi; No rrst- owed af i r" r :r nt 1 .-: t i I j 1 1 t : t 'i - i-., t ' . 1h ' i '? I' ni'.bb!3 si frut".!- r 1 . - . -w ' in Ju'y 2. 11 t o r-- r t ?y the grn d.- r -.1 x t.' ir.:l 9 niiat; . er zt b cm r r- tit r..s ft r rcit r: ' 1 t I: r
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